small, budget near fields for mobile rig

[beyond dead]

hey dudes, Im thinking the best way to expand my rig at the moment is to get some smaller nearfields for location recording/preprod in rehearsal spaces. I would probably use them as an alternate reference for mixing/mastering as well. I already own yammy hs80`s, but it would be nice to have another set of monitors to a/b mixes with other than a crappy consumer type system.

so im thinking either the 5" krk rockit or m-audio bxa5 or whatever. I was also considering the samson ribbon monitors as well. I may get a sub to complement them as well.

Im up for suggestions too. Im leaning towards the krks, because I know they translate pretty good, and many engineers i respect are using them. I would prefer to keep it under 300-400 $ im in canada, so its a bit less than usd.

I could just try them at a store, which I already have, but we all know that you have to get used to a pair of monitors before we can really judge how well it translates ect.

thanks guys!

 

[updog]

I absolutely love my Samson Rubicons, but they definitely aren't small and portable. Maybe the KRKs...

 

[Metaltastic]

MSP5's would get my vote, from all I've read they seem to be the most "monitor-like" of the small, semi-affordable nearfields (as opposed to the BX5a's, which IME are a bit scooped, making them sound "good" but not particularly accurate)

 

[beyond dead]

MSP5's would get my vote, from all I've read they seem to be the most "monitor-like" of the small, semi-affordable nearfields (as opposed to the BX5a's, which IME are a bit scooped, making them sound "good" but not particularly accurate)

yeah, I have heard good things about the msp5`s! I had a pair of fostex pmo.4s, and they were much like how you describe the bx5a`s. they had a bit of scooped low mids, and exaggerated low end to make them sound like large speakers.

I guess at this point its come down to whether I should get very accurate monitors, or ones that will impress clients. I know that clients prefer to hear things sound pretty close to pro from the get go. thats why i do preprod with pods and dfh. Im not sure how much i will use these for tracking stuff that will actually appear on recordings. I think ill go accurate, Because i would like to have a mobile recording rig for doing drums in nicer rooms.

so its yammy msp5`s, or krk rockit 5`s. leaning towards the yammys....

is there a reason i should still consider the krks? Im wondering if the msps would be much different from my h80s?

 

[gabriel g.]

YAMAHA-HS50 IMO the best for the money!!!